How is Your Heart? (Quote by Omid Safi)
Tell me you remember you are still a human being, not just a human doing.
Release
Why I Should Hike Every Day No Matter What (Poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer)
I long to find myself mid-hustle still linked to the gurgling stream, its waters so cold I can’t help but gasp.
Struggling: Up to or Out from ? (Deep Think #26)
Basically the choice is struggling to get something or accepting that spiritually you already have everything you need.
A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (New Poem by Polly Castor)
I ask for You to help
this country vote for a solution
that we can all live with.
Objectively Examine Your Opinions or Beliefs
Are your opinions and beliefs just mindlessly following the crowd?
How to Deal with the Estrangement of an Offspring
Be patient with both them and yourself, taking blame fully out of the equation.
Your Moment to Shine (Poem by Danna Faulds)
Hills of Purple Heather (mixed media) by Polly Castor Your Moment to Shine The moment is here, the moment you step forward from fear into light, the moment that your soul takes flight. Burrow no more in darkness and despair. Dare to show your radiant self, the miracle of awakened energy giving you wings and … Read more
How Long Did it Take You? (Quote by Dosia McKay)
It’s never about the length of time but about the depth and meaning of the experience.
Ephemeral Eurekas (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Are you waiting around for a flash of lightning, a bolt of brilliant inspiration?
Reframe that Broken Heart (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Reframe that Broken Heart I’d mentally reframe that broken heart. That is a dangerous identification that you do not want to actualize. Cherish them instead of miss them. Love them unconditionally, instead of being angry with them. Feel your indelible, eternal togetherness, instead of focusing on a forced separation against your will. You are not … Read more
Four Simple Collages of Flowers (Keeping an Art Practice Warm)
Make something uncomplicated, keeping your art practice warm on the back burner, while considering your next, larger, creative moves.
Inspiration is Unnecessary (Chuck Close Quote)
You feel like you need this great idea before you can get down to work, and I find that’s almost never the case.
New Day (Poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson)
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.
My New Year’s Resolution for 2024: Use What You Have
A Firm Foundation (pastel) by Polly Castor I have so much! And I find having a yearly theme a helpful focus, not as a hard, self flagellation reformation tool, but as a gentle, purposeful guide toward intended progress, with plenty of forgiveness and compassion thrown in. Besides, I know it is especially powerful to write … Read more
Assessing Last Year’s Resolution (2023)
I was only partially successful at my “tech” resolution for 2023.